1922 in Australia

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See also: 1921 in Australia, other events of 1922, 1923 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 3 Science & Technology 4 Arts and literature 5 Film 6 Sport 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also

[edit] Incumbents

• Prime Minister - William Hughes
• Governor General - Henry Forster
• Premier of New South Wales - James Dooley (til April 13), George Fuller
• Premier of South Australia - Henry Barwell
• Premier of Queensland - Ted Theodore
• Premier of Tasmania - Walter Lee (til August 12), John Hayes
• Premier of Western Australia - James Mitchell
• Premier of Victoria - Harry Lawson

[edit] Events

• March 22 - Upper house (Legislative Council) of Queensland Parliament abolished.

[edit] Science & Technology

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Film

[edit] Sport

• King Ingoda wins the Melbourne Cup
• Victoria wins the Sheffield Shield

[edit] Births

• March 28 - Neville Bonner (d.1999), politician
• August 30 - Lionel Murphy (d.1986, politician

[edit] Deaths

• June 17 - Robert Philp (b.1851), former Premier of Queensland
• September 2 - Henry Lawson (b.1867), writer and poet

[edit] See also

• 1922
• 1920s